Minute-by-minute commentary of Swansea, Wigan and Spurs' Europa League
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Valencia 0-3 SwanseaZulte-Waregem 0-0 Wigan Tottenham 3-0 Tromso

WRAP: So, two 3-0 wins for Premier League sides tonight, but they could scarcely have been more different in character. While Tottenham cruised, Swansea soared. Surely one of the greatest nights in their history, and there have been a few to choose from. Wigan fought hard and fought well and will live to fight another day. Tottenham were irresistible for half an hour, barely fussed for an hour, but that too was enough, although the injuries to Rose, Dembele and Kaboul could prove costly in the long run. On balance, though, enough to suggest that these three sides are going to give the Europa League a real go this season. And that's all you ask for, isn't it? Thanks for reading, especially those of you who ploughed on to the bitter end. See you soon.

FULL-TIME Tottenham 3-0 Tromso Well, you can't complain about that really. Tottenham neither tested nor troubled by Tromso, and it's three points in the bag.

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88 min Kaboul's gone off. He appears to have picked up a knock. No substitutions left so Paulinho slots into defence.

86 min GOAL! Tottenham 3-0 Tromso (Eriksen) LIKE THAT! A brilliant strike from Christian Eriksen! He was 22 yards out, to the right of goal, spotted the keeper just a couple of yards off his line, and pasted a wonderful, wonderful curling shot into the top corner. That was a special goal by Eriksen, and it's given Tottenham the sort of cushion their dominance has merited.

85 min Lamela tries to flick it through for Eriksen, but it's intercepted. Somebody do something. End this game. Bring on Harry Kane and put him in goal. Anything.

84 min From having 11 men in their own half, Tromso now have 10 men in Tottenham's as they strive for a consolation, or an equaliser, or chocolate, or whatever it is they want.

83 min Paulinho crosses from the left after another lovely short pass from Eriksen, but it's too high for Defoe and Lamela.

81 min Moldskred with the ball in the area after Andersen cuts the ball back to him. Moldskred tries to take a touch before shooting, and is dispossessed by Lamela with a perfectly-judged tackle.

80 min Booker Prize shortlist. Anybody got any thoughts?

79 min If this game were a horse, they'd have shot it.

78 min Eriksen sand-wedges the ball delightfully over the top for Sigurdsson, but it's cleared by a Tromso defender. Tromso bring on Andersen for Drage.

77 min Paulinho tries to find Defoe, the pass ricochets back towards him, and his second pass is also cut out.

75 min Paulinho finds Lamela with a lovely little ping. Lamela loses the ball. Spurs have gone so completely off the boil in this second half you wonder whether there might not be the odd boo at full-time if Tromso pull one back.

73 min Sigurdsson's pass for Vertonghen is awful, a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of two travesties of a sham. (With apologies to Woody Allen.) A dispiriting night for Dembele, meanwhile.

71 min Paulinho replaces Lewis Holtby, who's played very well and had a hand in both goals.

70 min Holtby's corner from the left is headed away. The ball comes back from Eriksen, who tries to find the run of Sandro at the back post, and Sandro's header is saved. This isn't Sandro, it's Erik Lamela, but it's a similar sort of ball.

69 min What on earth are Tottenham playing at here? Naughton loses the ball deep in his own half, and Tromso almost carve out another chance.

67 min Lloris punches, and makes sure he punches to the side.

66 min Two-nil wouldn't go anywhere near doing justice to Tottenham's dominance of this game. And yet here they are, just one Tromso goal away from a very nervous finish indeed. And Tromso have a corner on their left.

63 min Another lapse of concentration from Tottenham, and Holtby loses the ball to Johansen. The ball comes to Pritchard, who lets fly from 25 yards but lashes it well over the bar.

62 min Now. This isn't great for Spurs. Dembele has stayed down after that challenge from Johnsen, and he's actually being stretchered off. That's a shame. Dembele's had a great game. Andre Villas-Boas might have been hoping to give Christian Eriksen a rest, but he's going to come on now.

61 min Dembele brought down by Johnsen, who gets booked. Meanwhile, Tromso bring off their captain Koppinen and bring on teenager Kent-Are Antonsen.

59 min Moldskred comes forward, and for a moment Tromso have two on one. Moldskred tries to find Ondrasek, but it's cut out - crucially! - by Naughton. Little scare for Tottenham there.

58 min Mousa Dembele has completed 57 passes out of 58 tonight. That's insane, but also an indication of how little pressure Tromso have put on him.

57 min Vertonghen's cross ricochets out to Sigurdsson, 20 yards out with his back to goal. Sigurdsson does brilliantly first to pluck the ball out of the air and then to volley it at goal.

56 min Possession so far: Tottenham 73%-27% Tromso.

55 min Holtby tries a shot from distance and drags it wide. Anybody managed to get their hands on the new iPhone yet?

53 min Not a huge amount happening here. What about elsewhere? Gosh, Syria's in a bit of a pickle, isn't it?

50 min Holtby, who's looked suitably kinetic tonight, wins a corner on the left byline. Up trot Dawson and Kaboul, but the corner is caught by Sahlman.

49 min Tromso have brought on Lars Gunnar Johnsen for Bendiksen. 'Lars Gunnar Johnsen' sounds like an amalgamation of three good footballers into one mediocre footballer, but let's give the lad a chance.

48 min Tromso fan puts on Arsenal shirt! Great success!

46 min You could hear someone peeling open a Muller yoghurt at White Hart Lane at the moment. Lamela plays the ball into the path of Sigurdsson, who can't control the ball quickly enough to get a shot away.

Richard Hodge writes: "Spurs are going to have to start training for the return match in Tromso, it will be bitterly cold. I suggest that all the players spend a half hour every day in cold storage to prepare."

I remember Chelsea playing a Cup Winners Cup game there once, and hardly being able to see the ball through a flurry of white. I think the match was on Channel 5, so it's hard to tell whether that was snow or poor reception.

20.53 Here's Defoe's second goal. Left foot this time.

HALF-TIME Tottenham 2-0 Tromso Could have been more for Tottenham, who haven't really been troubled at all by the 13th best team in Norway. If you're a Tottenham fan at White Hart Lane tonight, the biggest moment of your evening is deciding when to make a run for it and beat the traffic.

45 min Tromso have a free-kick just inside the Tottenham half. It doesn't beat the first man.

44 min Defoe could have had his hat-trick there! He's got his eye in now, and tried to curl this one in from 22 yards out. Well saved by Sahlman with his fingertips. From the corner, Holtby tries to smash one from distance but puts it over.

42 min Sigurdsson tries to curl one into the far corner! Again, he and Holtby and Defoe combine on the edge of the area. If I were Eriksen, Soldado and Chadli I might be getting a little apprehensive at how well these three were working together.

39 min Now Vertonghen does come on. He can play at left-back, although he's clearly not going to provide the same pace on the overlap as Rose.

38 min Tottenham just knocking the ball around while Vertonghen gets ready. Eventually Lamela gets to the byline and tries to cross with his right foot. This does not go entirely well.

35 min Rose is coming off. He's taken a knock. Vertonghen is going to come on.

34 min Danny Rose is struggling. He's holding his right foot, or possibly ankle, and Jan Vertonghen is warming up. While we find out what's happening to him, here's Defoe's first goal.

32 min Tottenham playing it around at will. Naughton tries to slide it to Lamela in the right channel, but the ball's knocked out for a throw.

31 min Tromso now beginning to press a little more. Welcome to the game, fellas.

29 min GOAL! Tottenham 2-0 Tromso (Defoe) Wonderful goal! Sigurdsson again at the heart of it, playing a little give-and-go to Holtby before dragging a defender out of position for Defoe, who had made the diagonal run behind the defence. Holtby played a straight ball through to him with perfect weight, and Defoe just slotted it past Sahlman with the outside of his foot. That is very, very good from Tottenham.

26 min Kaboul misses from six yards! The corner dropped for him, and he swung a right boot at it when the left would probably have been more propitious.

25 min Naughton and Sigurdsson play a one-two on the right. Naughton's cross ricochets behind for a corner.

24 min Tell you what, I'm liking Lamela already. This time he makes a late run into the centre to meet a long diagonal ball and tries to bring it down on his toe, but can't quite bring it under control.

23 min How will Tromso react? Probably by sticking to their gameplan and trying to burgle the odd set piece.

14 min Plenty of Spurs players with something to prove. Jermain Defoe is one of them, and he should have done better there. Sandro to Lamela, who slides the ball through to Defoe. The angle's tightening, but the shot is weak and easily saved by Sahlman.

13 min Dembele with some lovely skill to evade two Tromso sentries and get in a low cross that's cleared on the slide.

12 min Andre Villas-Boas used to talk a lot about "provoking" the opponent with the ball. On the evidence of these opening stages, Tromso are going to take some provoking.

10 min The corner's too high for Dawson.

9 min Rose charges down the left, knocks it past Christiansen - it's just like watching Bale! - and wins a corner.

8 min This game has already settled into a fairly predictable pattern. Tromso sitting deep, letting Tottenham have the ball, Tottenham unwilling to over-commit. This could be a chess game.

6 min "For a bunch of people claiming to "sing what they want", Spurs fans have a remarkably limited oeuvre. How about a little blast of 'Tangled Up In Blue'? Or some Madame Butterfly?

4 min Rose cuts in from the left and has a shot! It's saved low at his near post by Sahlman.

3 min First touch for Lamela. It passes without incident.

2 min Younes Kaboul, who hasn't played since the last round against Dinamo Tbilisi, makes his first mark with a crunching challenge.

20.03 Tromso are currently 13th and battling relegation from the Norwegian league. Tottenham spent £100 million during the summer. My prediction? A draw. Tottenham really are awfully good at messing up these early Europa League home games.

20.01 Lamela's debut grabs the early headlines, but it's a big opportunity for Kyle Naughton at right-back as well. In my opinion, Kyle Walker hasn't really been at his best for about a year now. A decent performance tonight could see Naughton launch a real challenge for the right-back slot. And if Walker doesn't play for Tottenham, he doesn't play for England. And if he doesn't play for England... I suppose Glen Johnson plays there. Fail, Naughton, fail!

19.58 "Pritchard?" you ask. "That's not a Norwegian name!" Nope, it's a Welsh name. Josh Pritchard is a Welsh under-21 midfielder on loan from Fulham.

19.57 It hasn't escaped my notice that nobody has asked for the Tromso team. Well, you're getting it anyway. Here are both teams in full:

Shane O'Leary writes: "You fix football matches by applying money. You can make the Europa League more interesting by reverting to ye olde knock-out format and giving the winner entry into the Champions League. The big knobs thought that intruducing some league drudgery into exciting cup competitions would pave the way for the long-touted European League, but it's not working for me."

19.52 A creditable point for Wigan away from home. An utterly incredible three points for Swansea. Valencia were toilet, and they never really recovered from losing Adil Rami after nine minutes, but it's hard to imagine Swansea playing any better than that. Michael Laudrup is of the gods. Wilfried Bony is the greatest Welshman since Tom Jones. Even Dwight Tiendalli has something of the superhero aura about him. Anyway, to White Hart Lane, and Tottenham v Tromso.

19.50 FULL-TIME Zulte-Waregem 0-0 Wigan

19.49 FULL-TIME Valencia 0-3 Swansea There are no words.

19.48 Emmerson Boyce is penalised in the area. Owen Coyle does his nut on the touchline.

19.47 Free-kick to Wigan on the left wing. We're in the second of three minutes of injury time. How many men will they commit forward here?

19.46 Carson's come a long way out to block Naessens' shot from an angle. And from the corner, Conte's curling shot whistles just wide! Vicious late dip to that shot, but it just wouldn't dip enough.

19.45 D'Haene tries to bundle in another corner. Zulte turning the screw here.

19.43 Jonjo Shelvey tries to chip the Valencia goalkeeper from 45 yards in an attempt to put Swansea 4-0 up. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the universe we now inhabit.

19.42 What a block that is from McCann! D'Haene with a shot from six yards after Wigan failed to deal with a corner!

19.41 Wigan can break with two on two. And James McClean runs straight into a defender. And I mean straight into him. There was no attempt at trickery, deviation, a change of step, a burst of pace. Nothing. He just ran straight into a defender. Future generations will be utterly baffled that anybody ever thought James McClean was good.

19.39 Nick Powell has a sight of goal but overruns the ball and it's smothered by the goalkeeper. That's going to be Powell's last act, as Nouha Dicko replaces him.

19.38 Helder Postiga, the sort of striker who spends 82 minutes staring at the backs of his hands before scoring a crucial goal, has a speculative header from 14 yards, but he glances it wide.

19.37 Banega swings in a free-kick from the Valencia left. Amat heads it away.

19.36 Meaty cross from Shelvey, but it's too high for Bony. Swansea still pushing hard here, and why not? Plenty more goals in this if the stars can stay aligned.

19.35 In fact, it's Pozuelo, and it hits the wall. Entering the last 12 minutes in both matches.

19.34 Now Ever Banega is booked. Another free-kick in a dangerous area, and it's hard to see anybody but De Guzman taking this...

19.33 Michu comes off for walking train-wreck Jonjo Shelvey.

19.32 Imagine if Zulte Waregem v Wigan was the first football match you ever watched. There must be somebody out there, surely. Would you watch another?

19.31 Didn't actually start with any Welsh players, but the point stands, Stan.

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19.29 I've not seen a huge amount of Pozuelo to date, but I've seen enough tonight to conclude that he's very, very good. Here he almost wriggles his way through the Valencia defence and nudges the ball through to Bony, who can't control cleanly.

19.28 Caceres replaces Habibou up front for Zulte.

19.26 Here's Michu with his trademark goal celebration. Of course, he hasn't actually trademarked it, because only an avaricious mercenary would do that, right?

19.24 Perch with a shot from distance that skids off the greasy surface and forces a fingertip save from Bossut. Meanwhile, substitutions at the Mestalla. Lamah replaces Dyer for Swansea; Bernat and Pabon replaces Feghouli and Canales for Valencia.

19.22 Powell charges down the Wigan right, with two Zulte defenders in close attendance. He's not good enough to shake them off, and it's a goal kick.

19.20 This isn't even Swansea's best team. No Shelvey. No Ben Davies from the start. Pablo Hernandez, who played in that wonderful Valencia team of Mata, Villa, Silva, Joaquin et al a few years ago, is injured tonight. This is just weird.

19.16 This is just delightful to watch. Swansea aren't just beating Valencia, they're taking them apart. I think a lot of us knew they were good. But this good?

19.14 GOAL! Valencia 0-2 Swansea (Michu) Beautiful move, and an even better finish! Dyer leads the counter-attack for Swansea, plays it inside to De Guzman, who slips it to Pozuelo, who judges the through ball to Michu to perfection. Michu shoots early, shoots low and finds the gap at Guaita's near post!

19.13 Hazard booked for a spicy challenge on Emmerson Boyce on the left wing.

19.12 Ben Davies replaces Angel Rangel for Swansea.

19.10 If you're wondering just how wet it is in Belgium, this gives you some idea. Great Spa grand prix weather, rather less conducive to Jordi Gomez's cultured passing game.

19.09 Michu from six yards! Another fine chance for Swansea! A corner from the Swansea left fell for Michu, but he couldn't quite hook the ball in left-footed and ended up slicing it well over.

19.08 Shotton throws a heel at a Wigan corner and puts it just wide! Set pieces have looked like Wigan's best chance of scoring so far.

If anyone wants the Tromso team, I will find it. But only if someone asks.

18.46 Half-time in Bruges. Half-time in Valencia. Swansea halfway towards one of the most famous victories in their history. Wigan on their way to one of the most forgettable draws in theirs.

18.45 Michu heads wide from De Guzman's cross. Swansea are all over Valencia like Spanish flu here.

18.44 Carson with a sharp save to deny Conte! It was Hazard's original cross that was half-cleared, and Conte's fierce volley into the ground from about 12 yards. It was a comfortable height for Carson, but the ball came through a sea of bodies, and he did well to react.

18.42 Zulte getting closer. Conte has a go from distance, and misses.

18.40 Naessens booked for pulling back Ryan Shotton.

18.39 McCann injured in a clash of heads. Looks to have earned himself a nosebleed there. Wigan will have a corner to defend with 10 men as McCann goes off to get the blood staunched.

18.38 Bony turns Banega and tries his luck again from 18 yards! Just wide.

18.36 Valencia - let's not parse here - have been complete toilet so far. Costa heads the ball straight off Fuego's back to almost allow Bony another chance. Costa came on for Fede, by the way, shortly after Valencia went down to 10 men.

18.34 Hazard, with the optimism of a man trying to drink rain, goes for an outrageous long-range effort from 30 yards. He's lucky to get a corner out of it.

18.33 Postiga completely unmarked in the area as Mathieu lifts a cross in! He's offside, but half a warning for Swansea there.

18.31 Chris McCann and Dwight Tiendalli are flagged offside at exactly the same time.

18.29 Thorgen Hazard appears to have inherited his brother's disinclination to passing the ball. Zulte break with numbers, but despite having a plethora of options outside him, Hazard, on loan from Chelsea, tries to cut back inside and ends up losing the ball.

18.27 McCann has a crack from distance after a long spell of Wigan possession. It's deflected behind for a corner. Still not entirely sure Wigan know what they're trying to do here.

Soren Assmann writes: "At least you're reporting about a German-Danish team today. Gerhard Tremmel on the bench and Michael Laudrup at the sideline is way enough reason for me to support Swansea. I'd like to see Valencia find back to its former strength, but that won't happen today. At least Bony is actually scoring - 'Dutch Player of the Year' wasn't that good a title ever since it went to Kirk van Houten..."

18.25 Here's Bony knocking in the Swansea goal.

18.24 Bony holding his groin after a rugged challenge from Costa. He's back on his feet, but moving with a certain reluctance.

18.23 Zulte marginally on top against Wigan. Powell's getting awfully isolated up front.

18.21 Another chance for Swansea after a mistake in the Valencia defence. Dyer advances and smashes a shot from 12 yards that goes just wide. Arguably, Swansea should be two up.

18.19 Swansea are passing Valencia off the park here! They're using their extra man well, spreading the play from flank to flank, making Valencia chase them. If you'd told anybody at the Vetch Field on May 3, 2003, shortly after Swansea saved their Football League status on the last day of the season, that they'd be passing Valencia off the park at the Mestalla, they'd have led you away in chains.

18.18 Nick Powell, who appears to be the closest thing Wigan have to a striker tonight, tries a shot from 20 yards that goes well over the bar. Not much support for him there.

18.16 In Bruges, meanwhile, the Wigan fans are taunting the Zulte fans with chants of "We've got more fans than you". Huge expanses of empty seats in Bruges tonight.

18.15 That's Bony's fourth goal in four Europa League games for Swansea.

18.14 GOAL! Valencia 0-1 Swansea (Bony) A stunning start by Swansea here! Swansea break with Pozuelo, who delays his pass left to Michu. Michu cuts the ball across the area first time, and Bony smashes the ball in left-footed from about 16 yards!

18.13 Angel Rangel brings down Fede, and he goes into the book. Swansea need to watch out for the referee trying to even things up.

18.11 Huge chance for Swansea now, surely? Bony tries his luck from the free-kick, but it hits a Swansea player in an offside position.

18.09 RED CARD - Adil Rami (Valencia) Huge moment early on at the Mestalla! Bony was up against three defenders, but after a mistake by Ever Banega, somehow Rami managed to get the ball stuck in his feet, and all of a sudden Bony was in the clear. Rami dragged him down about 35 yards out, but he was the last man, and there was no hesitation by the referee! The French international defender is sent off, and Valencia down to 10 men after just 10 minutes!

18.08 Canales gets to the left byline and whips a low cross that scuttles all the way across the face of goal! Dangerous moment for Swansea, that.

18.07 Conte with a nimble bit of footwork and a low shot that tests Scott Carson.

18.05 McManaman brought down on the right wing. Free-kick just inside the Zulte half. Meanwhile, Swansea have a corner on their right which Bony heads straight at Guaita.

18.04 Swansea have had one meaningful attack, but apart from that it's been all Valencia so far.

18.02 James McArthur hits the post! A corner headed out to McCarthy about 22 yards out, and his fierce shot just clipped the far post.

18.00 And off we go in Valencia.

17.59 Bit early, but we're under way in Belgium.

17.55 "It's a long road from Wigan Pier... to here," announces Ian Darke. How was this man off our television screens for so long?

17.52 BT Sport need to find an understudy for Jake Humphrey, and fast. I know they don't have a huge amount of live football, but if they're going to try and propel young Jakey into the A-list, Zulte Waregem v Wigan is the sort of fixture he should really be giving the slip. Could you imagine Lineker or Stelling sitting through this? Even Adrian Chiles takes Europa League night off and lets Matt Smith have a go.

17.50 Absolutely bucketing it down in Bruges. It has been for the last few days. But why, you ask, are they playing in Bruges rather than the charming town of Waregem, 40 miles away in the crook of the Leie Valley? The answer is that Zulte play in a tiny 10,000-seater stadium that doesn't meet Uefa standards. So now you know.

17.00 Like the London Anniversary Games to the Olympic Games, like Analyse That to Analyse This, like the burp that follows a good meal, the Europa League comes trundling into town on a wave of sceptisicm and ennui.

O Europa League, how am I indifferent to thee? Let me count the ways.

I sense we're getting off on the wrong foot here. I mean, the Europa League is basically another football competition, and for those of us agreed that football is basically A Good Thing, perhaps it would be remiss of us to chide it too much. It was the Europa League that first introduced most of us to Mesut Ozil, Willian, Falcao, Sergio Aguero, Andre Villas Boas. Nothing second-rate about that. No bad team ever wins the Europa League. This year's final, at the brand new Juventus Stadium in Turin, should be an outstanding occasion.

It's just that it all seems rather distant from here. Already, if you can believe it, 274 matches have been played in this year's competition, with another 205 to come. The group stage, consisting of 12 groups of four teams playing each other home and away, will occupy us until next February, when another eight teams will be unceremoniously foisted upon us from the limestone sediment of the Champions League group stage. Should Swansea, for example, want to win the Europa League, they will have to play 19 games to do so. Should Chelsea be minded to defend their title, they will have to play nine. It's a mess.

And yet, as hard as it is to get excited about a competition in which the eventual winners may not even be taking part yet, there should be plenty to keep us occupied this evening.

What a moment for Swansea! Twelve years ago, in May 2001, they were relegated to Division Three and sold for £1. The same month, Valencia reached the Champions League final for the second consecutive season, losing on penalties to Bayern Munich. Tonight, the two teams will be separated only by a halfway line. Swansea fans have had frequent cause to pinch themselves over the last few years. Those lucky few thousand lining the steep banks of the Mestalla tonight may consider this another.

What a moment for Wigan! Sixteen years ago, they too were in the bottom division under the managership of John Deehan. Four months ago, they lined up at Wembley as fodder to Manchester City's millionaire cannon. They may be a Football League side again, but whatever happens in this Europa League campaign, the memories will last forever. They're in Bruges tonight to play Zulte Waregem.

Tottenham, too, know better than to take this competition lightly. They've not come close to winning it for 30 years, although they've come close to coming close. Harry Redknapp considered the Europa League an irritant, but I bet he wouldn't mind a piece of it now he's in the Championship. Andre Villas-Boas made his name by winning the competition with Porto in 2011, and he has always insisted that his teams take it seriously.

And why not? The London Anniversary Games proved to be a blast. Analyse That was not, strictly speaking, that much worse than Analyse This. And who doesn't love a good burp? Teams, tactics and tantrums to follow.